Can you gain weight by overindulging for a day or two?

you should have 1 treat a day and build it into your plan. You can splurge on 600-800 calories and NOT ruin a day! Be a bit more active and then plan something tasty for the next day. You don't need them all at once and you don't have to give them up completely. Good luck!

girl, just enjoy it but dont overindulge...when you dont eat the things you want, you want them more and then you binge...just enjoy them in moderation...keep within your calorie goals, and if you go a little over, oh well...exercise extra five minutes here, five minutes there...dont let this stop you from enjoying yourself...food is meant to enjoy...its not our enemy...WE are our enemy do imake sense? i sound like im babbling

I would spread it out over time, I wouldn't eat everything all at once. I'd add one thing to your food intake each day and exercise a little bit extra if necessary to compensate for the extra calories. Depriving yourself is an almost certain way to fall off the wagon. Treating yourself now and then is ok.

You don't need them all at once and you don't have to give them up completely. Good luck!

I agree with this! A lot of times, you can find healthier options of the foods you love at restaraunts, or better yet, you can make them at home. If what you're craving is a specific dish from your favorite place, then look up the nutrition info before you go out and plan for it ahead of time. The great thing about viewing this as a lifestyle change instead of a diet is that you don't have to give up ANYTHING! Just fit your old faves into a healthier way of living. Good luck!

yes and no. Yes because you will take in those calories, but more importantly the salt and the solutes in the food will hold a lot of water weight.... so by indulging one day, you will gain weight and loose 90% of the weight you gained within 3 days.

Yes you can gain weight if you overindulge for a day or two, but a day or two won't put you back to the beginning, maybe just a pound or two. I suggest avoiding the "over" indulgence and just allow an occasional small indulgence. What has worked for me is to allow those things in occasionally, but still stay in my allotted calorie range. I can't be in diet mode or I break down and stuff my face. I allow myself to have a "treat" or a usually prohibited food if, and only if, I feel it will be worth it. If it is something I really enjoy and love, I have it. If it is just something available in the break room, but not one of my favorites, I pass.

A burrito is not completely bad because it does have lots of protein and fiber. Sushi has lots of protein and pizza, if you keep it to one piece, would not do you in either. Don't let yourself get to the point of wanting to over indulge. Let yourself indulge a little occasionally so you don't feel deprived. When you deprive yourself, you are setting yourself up for failure. And have a brownie, one brownie. Just keep it to one and not five.

I have worried about this same thing before and have found that allowing for small indulgences throughout works better than giving in to a huge binge because I have deprived myself for too long. After all, once I reach my goal, I will still have to continue with my healthy eating habits. If I go back to the way I used to eat, I'll gain back all the weight and have to go back to square one.

Can you gain weight by overindulging for a day or two?

Turn the question around... can you LOSE weight by eating very little for a day or two?

Maybe a little, but not enough for it to make any permanent difference. Same goes for indulging. The only way a day or two of indulging is going to make a major change is if you see it as failing and go back to eating like that all the time.

Why do so many people think that losing weight means you have to give up foods you love? There's nothing wrong with enjoying food. The key is relearning HOW to enjoy it without packing on fat.

To answer the question in the title of this thread, yes you will gain WEIGHT if you overindulge for a day or two, but it's unlikely you'll store much FAT. It will be mostly water retention from the excess carbs & sodium in your indulgences. That will flush itself after just a few days back on plan.

You should be aware that if you still want to lose weight, you should limit it to 1 day. In my experience when I've done free weekends vs. free days, I've just maintained my weight. I give myself a 24 hr period every weekend to eat/drink whatever I want & I kick it off at happy hour on Fridays.

if you want brownies, then eat some, I ate a brownie last night and 2 chocolate dipped strawberries, I just made sure through out the day that I kept my calories a little low so that I could have those things last night at a party I was at. I have not given up on anything I like to it, I just watch the portions and stay within my calories.

if you want brownies, then eat some, I ate a brownie last night and 2 chocolate dipped strawberries, I just made sure through out the day that I kept my calories a little low so that I could have those things last night at a party I was at. I have not given up on anything I like to it, I just watch the portions and stay within my calories.

THIS is a perfect example of being able to incorporate the foods you love into your diet. If you're making a conscious decision to cut back elsewhere to accomodate them, why should it be a bad thing? One of my favorite sayings is this:

There's no such thing as cheating, only choices!

While it's true you can't out-exercise a bad diet, personally, I've found that I can out-exercise a cheat day.... as long as the other 6 days of the week are good.

So I now program them in - they not only help psychologically, but I think the massive calorie boost may actually keep the ol' bod confused, too.

I did this today. Had pumpkin cheesecake, frozen yogurt, and lots of other goodies. I worked my a*s off to offset it and i am betting tomorrow's weigh in will be just fine!